Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>On 20 May, we recommended selling <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-telecom-co-ltd-bbccd86c-474d-4a4d-946d-10e911a225a2" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:395:1" rel="noopener">SK Telecom (017670 KS)</a> and buying <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kt-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1112:1" rel="noopener">KT Corp (030200 KS)</a>. That trade is up 12% over the last month.</li>
<li>Foreign investors have sold 2.5m shares of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-telecom-co-ltd-bbccd86c-474d-4a4d-946d-10e911a225a2" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:395:1" rel="noopener">SK Telecom (017670 KS)</a> in the last month while buying 2.8m shares of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kt-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1112:1" rel="noopener">KT Corp (030200 KS)</a>. </li>
<li>With the price ratio trading at a 4 year low, we feel is is time to start unwinding the trade and waiting for a little bit before reversing it.</li>
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On 20 May, we recommended selling SK Telecom (017670 KS) and buying KT Corp (030200 KS). That trade is up 12% over the last month.
Foreign investors have sold 2.5m shares of SK Telecom (017670 KS) in the last month while buying 2.8m shares of KT Corp (030200 KS). 
With the price ratio trading at a 4 year low, we feel is is time to start unwinding the trade and waiting for a little bit before reversing it.


SK Telecom / KT Corp: Foreign Room, Passive Flow & Trade Update

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

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<li>Among the local theme ETFs in Korea, the TIGER (FnGuide) Top 10 has the highest win rate on rebalancing flow trade.</li>
<li>LG Energy deserves the most attention at the next rebalancing event. If LG Chem disposes of some of its LG Energy shares, LG Energy can bypass those on the borderline.</li>
<li>In this case, Shinhan, the one on the borderline at this point, will face a passive flow of -0.65x ADTV, while LG Energy will receive +0.25x.</li>
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Among the local theme ETFs in Korea, the TIGER (FnGuide) Top 10 has the highest win rate on rebalancing flow trade.
LG Energy deserves the most attention at the next rebalancing event. If LG Chem disposes of some of its LG Energy shares, LG Energy can bypass those on the borderline.
In this case, Shinhan, the one on the borderline at this point, will face a passive flow of -0.65x ADTV, while LG Energy will receive +0.25x.


FnGuide Top 10 (TIGER ETF) Rebalancing Review & Preview: LG Energy's Potential Inclusion

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<li>With the screening period over (May 3-31), Shinhan IN/Celltrion OUT is virtually a foregone conclusion.</li>
<li>We should consider an individually-hedged approach, instead of a plain long/short, with a tightly moving-together peer, preferably on a single-day trading window.</li>
<li>I suggest using KB Financial and Celltrion Healthcare as hedges of LONG &amp; SHORT for Shinhan and Celltrion, respectively.</li>
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With the screening period over (May 3-31), Shinhan IN/Celltrion OUT is virtually a foregone conclusion.
We should consider an individually-hedged approach, instead of a plain long/short, with a tightly moving-together peer, preferably on a single-day trading window.
I suggest using KB Financial and Celltrion Healthcare as hedges of LONG &amp; SHORT for Shinhan and Celltrion, respectively.


FnGuide Top 10 Rebalancing: How We Trade Shinhan IN/Celltrion OUT

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<li>Celltrion Inc (068270 KS)'s deletion seems pretty much a foregone conclusion as its average float-adjusted market cap on May 3-19 is way below the next one in line.</li>
<li>Shinhan Financial (055550 KS) is the one to replace Celltrion based on the numbers so far. There is close to a ₩1T gap with the next one, POSCO (005490 KS).</li>
<li>In this rebalancing, the flow impact of the addition/deletion is even more significant. So, their share price fluctuations on June 10 will likely be more substantial than last time.</li>
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Celltrion Inc (068270 KS)'s deletion seems pretty much a foregone conclusion as its average float-adjusted market cap on May 3-19 is way below the next one in line.
Shinhan Financial (055550 KS) is the one to replace Celltrion based on the numbers so far. There is close to a ₩1T gap with the next one, POSCO (005490 KS).
In this rebalancing, the flow impact of the addition/deletion is even more significant. So, their share price fluctuations on June 10 will likely be more substantial than last time.


FnGuide Top 10 Rebalancing on June 10: More Substantial Flow Impact than Last Time

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>After the market close today, it was announced that KDIC will sell its 1.81% stake of Woori Financial Group. </li>
<li>The block deal price will range from 15,229 won to 15,700 won (0 to 3% discount) and we would take the deal even at little discount.</li>
<li>Woori Financial Group's share price continues to trade at deep valuation multiples as it is trading at P/B of 0.4x and P/E of 3.9x (using 2022 consensus earnings estimates).</li>
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After the market close today, it was announced that KDIC will sell its 1.81% stake of Woori Financial Group. 
The block deal price will range from 15,229 won to 15,700 won (0 to 3% discount) and we would take the deal even at little discount.
Woori Financial Group's share price continues to trade at deep valuation multiples as it is trading at P/B of 0.4x and P/E of 3.9x (using 2022 consensus earnings estimates).


South Korea

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd., a holding company, provides a full range of consumer and commercial banking-related financial services.  The company's main businesses include banking, securities brokerage, trust banking, and assets management to individuals, businesses, and other financial institutions.

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Brian Freitas

FnGuide Top 10 (TIGER ETF) Rebalancing Review & Preview: LG Energy's Potential Inclusion

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FnGuide Top 10 Rebalancing: How We Trade Shinhan IN/Celltrion OUT

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Sanghyun Park

FnGuide Top 10 Rebalancing on June 10: More Substantial Flow Impact than Last Time

This post looks at the current status of the FnGuide Top 10 Index rebalancing as we are halfway through the completion of the review period.

Sanghyun Park

Block Deal Sale of Woori Financial Group

After the market close today, it was announced that KDIC will sell its 1.81% stake of Woori Financial Group. We would take the deal even at little...

Douglas Kim

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